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October 16, 2011

Frank Turner @ The EL Rey ~ October 15, 2011

Sometimes you need a breath of fresh air to give
your soul life again. Frank Turner supplied that breath last Thursday.

Friends, family, and countrymen (Frank is English,
it’s a term he uses) gathered to revel in the high voltage folk punk rock that
Frank Turner and his band belted out to a packed LA crowd.

There was a tangible bond emanating from the
roomful of fans singing their hearts out along with the talented singer songwriter.
Twisting some new songs in with some classics, Franks played through a
twenty-three song set list with fever. Frank kept a lively paced, as did the talented
band, as did the adoring fans.

Frank encored with “The Ballad of Me & My
Friends,” a fan favorite and true bar ballad.
Then followed with the upbeat “Photosynthesis” aptly leaving the crowd
yelling “I won't sit down, And
I won't shut up, And most of all I will not grow up”.I think it’s safe to say, Frank saved a
few souls that night.